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25 Post author: SilentCal 16 July 2014 09:07PM

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Comment author: SilentCal 21 July 2014 08:13:15PM 0 points [-]

Perhaps a better title would have been "The Correct System-II Use of Analogy", or "The Correct Use of Analogy in Intellectual Debate." What you're saying is true about day-to-day/on-the-fly thinking, but written argument requires a higher standard.